El fin de las vacaciones – Spanish genders

Reviewing last article, about Spanish definite and indefinite articles, you’ll remember they are classified according to their gender. They can be either masculine or feminine, according to the name (noun) they precede. For example, the article “el” in “el caballo” (“the horse”), is singular masculine, as the noun (“caballo”) is masculine.

The same way, “la” in “la cama” (“the bed”), is feminine, as the noun “cama” is feminine.

But, how do we know when a noun is either masculine or feminine?

You can know this the “easy” way. Just look for that word on the dictionary, and close to it, you’ll read either “m” (for masculine) or “f” (for feminine).

But before doing this, let’s review the rules for Spanish masculine and feminine.